| 100% | SUMMONER | 8 | Tells tale of a shady friar in a Chaucer Tale |
| 43% | TRESSES | 7 | Locks out of a tower, in a fairy tale |
| 43% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of the Three Bears, in a fairy tale |
| 42% | TRESSES | 7 | Means of tower access, in a fairy tale |
| 42% | THREE | 5 | Number of "little pigs" in a fairy tale |
| 42% | PEA | 3 | Princess's cause of insomnia, in a fairy tale |
| 42% | TALE | 4 | One of 24 in a Chaucer book |
| 42% | SEVEN | 5 | Number of dwarfs in a fairy tale |
| 42% | PEA | 3 | Cause of sleeplessness in a fairy tale |
| 41% | PAPA | 4 | One of three bears in a fairy tale |
| 41% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | "Pirates of the ___: Dead Men Tell No Tales," a film in which Bardem played Captain Armando Salazar |
| 41% | FIB | 3 | Tell a tale, in a way |
| 41% | LIED | 4 | Told a whopper of a tale |
| 41% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "A Whale of a Tale" singer in a 1954 movie |
| 41% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of three bears, in a popular fairy tale |
| 40% | WURSTSIDESTORY | 14 | Musical drama that tells the tale of a sausage casing? |
| 40% | PERJURY | 7 | Telling of a lie while testifying in court |
| 40% | TWOCITIES | 9 | A Tale of __, 2009 installment in Underbelly show |
| 40% | UPON | 4 | Follower of "once," in many a fairy tale |
| 40% | APPLE | 5 | Important part of a Tell tale |
| 40% | WATERSHIP | 9 | Tale of rabbits seeking a new home in __ Down |
| 39% | ALIBABA | 7 | Hero of a tale told by Scheherazade |
| 39% | AHAB | 4 | Captain in a whale of a tale? |
| 39% | PEA | 3 | Cause of a sleepless night for a princess, in a fairy tale |
| 39% | PEA | 3 | Cause of a princess's insomnia, in a fairy tale |
| 39% | KISS | 4 | Request of a frog in a fairy tale |
| 39% | TMI | 3 | Surplus of private details told in a story |
| 39% | MAGICBEAN | 9 | One of several traded for Jack's family cow, in a fairy tale |
| 38% | NARRATIVE | 9 | Record of events, told in a story-like way |
| 38% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |